Post Debate Aftermath

As the dust settles in Iowa and the mad dash to New Hampshire commences, the political landscape is starting to take it’s true form. Last night we saw a very strong victory from Ted Cruz, a humbling defeat to Donald trump and a somewhat surprising 3rd place finish for Marco Rubio.

Yes, “defeat” is kind of a strong word as Trump will surely comeback strong in the upcoming primaries but as they always say, if you’re not first, you’re last. He even quoted someone in a tweet back in 2013 “No one remembers 2nd place.” Last night was more a win for Cruz than it was a loss for Trump. Cruz had to win Iowa to get any type of momentum early on. Trump will most likely win New Hampshire and is leading in South Carolina by about 15-16 points so if he can finish with a strong 2nd place showing in NH, he might be able to close the gap in South Carolina less than 2 weeks out and be within striking distance for a big win. If Cruz would have lost Iowa, it would have more than likely set him up for an 0-3 start and a very challenging uphill climb.

In other news last night, Ben Carson was rather upset at the Cruz camp for perpetuating a rumor that Carson had dropped out of Iowa was going home so Carson voters should jump ship and go over to Cruz. Carson called it a “dirty trick which in fairness, it was but hey, it’s politics. Cruz apologized for not sending out a follow up that Carson was just going home for some clean clothes (still kind of an odd reason).

All-in-all, it was a fun and exciting caucus. I hope Trump will be humbled and get more  serious politically. He needs to not rely so much on just pleasing a crowd of his supporters with things everybody wants to hear. Obama did that, I want to see more specifics rather than “It’s going to be great. The best you have ever seen.” Well Donald, how? Start laying out specific plans. His economic plan, no surprise to any one, was fantastic, acclaimed by many economists and most of all, will hurt the globalists.

My impressions on Cruz’s performance  was first, hell of a ground game. That man gave his all and was able to  grind it out to the finish. That’s what we need in a candidate in my opinion. He is an incredible debater and very convincing as we saw in the final hours and days in Iowa. What i would like to see from him is he needs to be more charismatic. He gives off a sense that he can’t connect to people on a personal level. He seems cold and rigid and while i like that when he is in Washington, some voters might be put of by that. He does have his funny, snarky moments in debates so maybe he can bring that out more on the campaign trail.

Well, it’s onto New Hampshire for what will likely be a crazy, jam packed Tuesday night as well. Hope you will join me as i plan on covering that as well! See you next Tuesday!